Hesperus apicialis (Say)

Ferro, Michael L., Gimmel, Matthew L., Harms, Kyle E. & Carlton, Christopher E., 2012, Comparison of Coleoptera emergent from various decay classes of downed coarse woody debris in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, USA, Insecta Mundi 2012 (260), pp. 1-8 : 32

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scientific name	Hesperus apicialis (Say)
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Hesperus apicialis (Say) View in CoL ( Fig. 73 View Figures 69–74 )

Range: northeastern North America, southern Quebec south to Florida, west to Kansas and Nebraska.

Habitat: found on old trees, fermenting sap under bark of oak, decaying wood of old fallen trees. Collection Method: at lights, malt trap, sifting/Berlese, emergence. Biology: poorly known. Present Study: significantly higher abundance in primary forest. References: Horn 1884 (as Philonthus apicalis (Say)) ; Blatchley 1910 (as Hesperus apicalis (Say)) ; Moore 1958; Frank 1983; Smetana 1995; Downie and Arnett 1996 (as H. apicalis ); Peck and Thomas 1998; Majka et al. 2011.

References

Blatchley, W. S. 1910. Coleoptera or beetles known to occur in Indiana. The Nature Publishing Company; Indianapolis, Indiana. 1386 p.

Downie, N. M., and R. H. Arnett, Jr. 1996. The beetles of northeastern North America, 2 vols. The Sandhill Crane Press; Gainesville, FL. 1721 p.

Frank, J. H. 1983. New records of Philonthini from the circum-Caribbean region (Coleoptera: Staphy- linidae). Florida Entomologist 66: 473 - 481.

Horn, G. H. 1884. Synopsis of the Philonthi of Boreal America. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 11: 177 - 244.

Majka, C. G., D. S. Chandler, and C. P. Donahue. 2011. Checklist of the beetles of Maine, USA. Empty Mirrors Press; Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. 328 p.

Moore, I. 1958. The North American species of Hesperus Fauvel, with descriptions of two new species (Coleoptera; Staphylinidae). Transactions of the San Diego Society of Natural History 12: 311 - 318.

Peck, S. B., and M. C. Thomas. 1998. A distributional checklist of the beetles (Coleoptera) of Florida. Arthropods of Florida and Neighboring Land Areas 16: viii + 180.

Smetana, A. 1995. Rove beetles of the subtribe Philonthina of America north of Mexico (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) classification, phylogeny, and taxonomic revision. Memoirs on Entomology, Inter- national 3: i - x, 1 - 946.

Figures

Figures 69–74. Habitus images. 69) Trimioplectus obsoletus Brendel (Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae). 70) Euconnus (Napochus) sp. (Staphylinidae: Scydmaeninae). 71) Euconnus (Scopophus) n. sp. (Staphylinidae: Scydmaeninae). 72) Euconnus (Scopophus) sp. (Staphylinidae: Scydmaeninae). 73) Hesperus apicialis (Say) (Staphylinidae: Staphylininae). 74) Sepedophilus brachypterus Campbell (Staphylinidae: Tachyporinae).